Samba

An average movie

“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, somehow, I still ended up watching the damned thing.  Well, as usual with Nakache et Toledano, even though this movie definitely had some potential, I still ended up with some mixed feelings. Indeed, they were dealing here with a very interesting subject, something much more topical than their monster hit ‘Intouchables’, but their approach seemed rather misguided. Indeed, they took a real tragic situation impacting so many people around the world and turned it into some kind of Cinderella story during which a helpless black man falls in love with a relatively wealthy white woman. Another thing that bothered me was that Charlotte Gainsbourg’s character was just so cluelessly annoying. In the 2nd half, her backgr” read more

Under The Radar Films (41 movies items)

" Samba migrated to France 10 years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs. Alice is a senior executive who has recently undergone a burnout. Both struggle to get out of their dead-end lives Samba's willing to do whatever it takes to get working papers, while Alice tries to get her life back on track until fate draws them together"

Watched in 2018 (383 movies items)

"14.8.18 "

Watched in 2017 (364 movies items)

" 01/02"